Hope everybody has a wonderful 4th of July!
I painted my nails as flags.
We grilled some burgers. And watched movies.
I got a little sunburn!
I went to the gym to run my virtual 5k! I did it on the treadmill so much fun!
It was nice to have another 5k to do. I tried to find one in the area with no luck. I finished it in 38minutes 12seconds!
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So as I lay in bed last night, I got thinking about what a friend told me. She said I need to calm down. She told me this after telling her all the crafty ideas I have and want to complete.
Last night I realized she was right. I get an idea and get really excited about it. I love making jewelry, and spend at least $60 each time I order supplies. I got the idea to make a dress for my friend’s wedding, since it’s at Ren Fest. Since I’ve never sewed that much I decided I needed to start smaller with shirts and skirts. This weekend I bought about 15 patterns and some fabric. Though the patterns were only $.99, no way I would have spent $20 for a pattern.
At the end of last week I was exhausted. And I realized I was pushing myself too hard at the gym. I ran three days in a row, had yoga on Thursday, so when I wanted to run again Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I was just too worn out. Every training schedule I’ve seen says to run every other day. So I’m changing to that, they will be the days I do strength training. And walk longer after running, before going to strength training. I did this last night, and already noticed a difference.
So really I just need to realize, I’m not superwoman.
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You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
~Author Unknown
Through the practices of yoga, we discover that concern for the happiness and well being of others, including animals, must be an essential part of our own quest for happiness and well being. The fork can be a powerful weapon of mass destruction or a tool to create peace on Earth.Sharon Gannon
Earlier this week I read an article on yahoo about what yoga teacher would tell you. And one of the things was that you should get in a yoga state of mind before getting to class. Now, I go to yoga straight from work, and there’s horrible drivers on the road. Last week I got road rage horrible on the way to yoga. I mused to myself I was like yelling stuff like “Hurry up, some of us are late to yoga”. At least I saw the irony in it. I need to work on my yoga state of mind as I drive.
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Do I have never been a runner. I used to loathe running like no other. In elementary school, I used to wish I had asthma just so I wouldn’t have to run. Also, we had to run every a distance depending on your grade, 6th grade was a mile, that the teacher called the long run. We called it the long walk. In high school, I picked a PE class where there wouldn’t be a lot of running, Net Sports (which was volleyball, badminton, and tennis).
Before recently, I had only ever run a mile straight once. That was in college and only cause I had my friend next to me the entire time encouraging me. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but at one point since graduating college, I have decided that I want to be able to run a 5k.
In 2009, I decided to do the couch to 5k program. I lasted a week and half. But I had a good reason. There was a creepy guy I talked to one day and so then after that I didn’t want to run into him again so I didn’t go to the gym.
A couple months ago while waiting for yoga class, I was on the treadmill and set it to –3 incline and was able to run a mile. I was so excited since I hadn’t been running or anything. So now I am working my way up to 0 incline and beyond. I was able to do a modified version of Iowa Girl Eats run. I used my negative incline, slowed it down, and did it half the time. But I was able to run 30 minutes straight, 2.5 miles. It was amazing
Those crazy women that wear make up at the gym.
One day, I walked into the locker room to change clothes to work out. There were two women doing their make up. One said something about putting on 10 layers, I think of eyeliner. How crazy is that? Well of course when I saw them I figured they were done working out and about to leave. Nope. After I was done with my cardio, there they were in the weight area. Why do you wear make up to work out?!? Especially ten layers of it! I hate when I get a towel that has make up stains on it.
And then yesterday, these women were there as usual. One of them was wearing these to work out in:
Well not exactly like this, but pretty much. Why would you wear boots to work out in?!? At least she wasn’t doing cardio, but still just as bad. They have to have horrible arch support. I would think they would hurt your ankles and be hard on the feet. People are crazy.
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